The BFC and the main group representing creative businesses in the UK have both joined the calls for a second Brexit referendum as the debacle around the UK's exit from the EU sees the country on a business cliff edge.

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Wednesday said they set all-time records for moving cargo in 2018, after U.S. retailers and manufacturers pulled forward imports to avoid higher tariffs on Chinese goods.

Sterling Jewelers Inc has agreed to pay $11 million in fines to settle charges by U.S. and New York regulators that it signed up consumers for store credit cards and credit insurance without permission.

Furious companies facing weeks more uncertainty over an ever closer Brexit lashed out at politicians on Wednesday, and warned of catastrophic job losses if Britain failed to secure a withdrawal deal with the EU.

India's new foreign investment restrictions for its e-commerce sector, which includes giants such as Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, could reduce online sales by $46 billion by 2022, according to a draft PwC analysis.

​Any sneaker business seeking to boost its sales in the UK should be focusing on Manchester above all other cities. That's the takeaway from a new study from casual footwear retailer The Sole Supplier.

British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal on Tuesday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.